Pilot or fender.



J. SUMMERS.

PILOT OR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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JOHN SUMMERS, OF MAYBROOK, NEW YORK.

PILOT OR FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application filed March 29, 1912. Serial No. 687,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, JOHN SUMMnns, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Maybroolz, in the county of Orange andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pilotsor Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pilots or fenders and one of the principalobjects of the in vention is to provide a simple and eificient,inexpensive device which may be conveniently attached to an automobileor a like vehicle so that dogs or other animals or pedestrians whenstruck will be thrown to one side.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a fender or pilotadapted to be secured on the automobile axle and to the body of the carand to accommodate itself to all variations in the relative positions ofthe body and axle.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which:-

Figure l is a front elevation of the device on a scale about half thatof Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the fender appliedto a vehicle axle and vehicle body. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thefender.

For the purpose of this specification, the front portion of anautomobile is shown in F 2 of the drawings, the front axle beingindicated at 1, the body at 2, one of the side bars of the chassis at 3,and one of the front springs at 3, the said spring having its endsflexibly connected, as usual, to the side bar of the chassis.

My improved fender is arranged in front of the automobile and has alower substantially ll-shaped bar 4; whose ends are connected togetherby a separate bar 5 which braces and reinforces the structure and holdsthe V-shaped bar in shape and position. This V-shaped bar is connectedby a series of upright spaced bars 6 to a straight upper bar In practicethe bars 6 may be in the form of tubes having flattened ends, the lowerends of the said tubes or bars being secured to the bar a and theirupper ends being secured to the bar 7. Supporting arms 8 which arepivotally curved, as shown, have their front ends secured to the top bar7 at points near the ends of said top bar and have their rear endssecured directly on the side bars of the chassis at points some distancefrom the front ends of said side bars by means of bolts that admit ofthe ready removal of the said supporting arms from said side bars.

The lower brace bar 5 is secured to the front axle by means of arms 9,the front ends of the said arms being pivot-ally c011- nected to thesaid lower brace bar and their rear ends being secured as by means ofbolts rigidly and directly to the front axle.

The pivotal connection between the brace bar and the supporting arms 9and the elasticity of the upper supporting arms 8 permit the fender toaccommodate itself to the difference in relative position between theaxle and the side bars of the chassis, occasioned by the action of thesprings.

"What I claim as new is In combination with the front axle, chassis sidebars and front springs of an automobile, a fender, elasticlongitudinally curved arms having their front ends secured to the upperside of the fender and their rear ends secured on the upper sides of thechassis side bars at points distant from the front ends of said chassisside bars, and

lower suooortin arms havin their frontends pivotally connected to thelower side of the fender and their rear ends rigidly secured directly tothe front axle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SUMMERS.

Witnesses FRANK B. FIsI-IER, FRANK A. lVrLsoN.

(Ionics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

